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Liverpool stun Manchester United

Manchester United 1 Liverpool 4

So who says the title, and a clean sweep of all the honours, is a shoo-in for Manchester United now? After humiliating Real Madrid in midweek, Liverpool scored four again at Old Trafford yesterday and, to borrow Sir Alex Ferguson's memorable phrase, it really is "squeaky bum time" for United now.

Resurgent Chelsea, undefeated under Guus Hiddink, could narrow the gap at the top of the table to four points by beating Manchester City at home this afternoon. That said, the talk of football today will be the comprehensive nature of Liverpol's triumph here - the first time Rafa Benitez had experienced victory after enduring so many nightmares at the self-styled "Theatre of Dreams".

Ferguson's claim that United were the better team was ridiculously biased, even by the old grouse's notoriously one-eyed standards. It was too risible for Benitez to bother to gainsay. The stats border on the historic.